让劳动节更有意义

2023年8月31日
  • 鲍勃·查普曼
  • 鲍勃·查普曼
    首席执行官 & Barry-Wehmiller的主席

Leaders, what do you think of when you think of Labor Day?

It’s more than just a three-day weekend 在这里 in the U.S. Maybe Labor Day should be a time to think about our responsibilities as leaders and the part we play in making sure the people within our span 他们知道推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜关心他们.

很长一段时间, I’ve quoted this statistic from a Gallup poll: The number one determinant of happiness is a good job, which is defined as meaningful work among people who you enjoy.

这是盖洛普的另一个定义:

“一份好工作是一个人的基本身份, 他们的自我价值, their dignity — it establishes the relationship they have with their friends, 社区与国家. When we fail to deliver a good job that fits a citizen’s talents, training and experience, we are failing the great American dream.”

我已经说过一遍又一遍了, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜每一个人, 不管推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜做什么工作,住在哪里, simply want to know that who we are and what we do matters. As leaders in business, we have the awesome responsibility to let people know that they do. We have a responsibility to recognize the in在这里nt dignity in our people and honor that, not break it.

We have a duty to create meaningful work for those within our span of care. 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜应该培养爱心, empowering environments in which our team members can come together to share their individual gifts—marry their passions to their skills— in the creation of value for themselves, for others, for the organization. We should do our best to help them see the joy and happiness that is realized from achieving our shared vision together.

Meaningful work helps to honor and preserve our dignity.

那么,尊严和劳动节有什么关系呢?

Labor Day was started in the United States in the late 1800’s as a response to the poor working conditions people faced as manufacturing expanded. A continual eroding of dignity in their work because of unsafe environments and lack of leaders with 关心的技巧和勇气.

We give the Industrial Revolution and the evolution of business over the last century a lot of credit for raising the standard of living – providing housing, 住所和食物. People can get jobs with a more predictable income and afford better 住房和教育. 这是真的.

但是随着工业的发展, wealth creation became more important than the people within the business or the preservation of their dignity.

首席执行官’s began getting high salaries and stock options to maximize shareholder value. 这一切都是为了创造财富. 他们对维护尊严毫无兴趣. And, as business leaders began placing the highest value on creating shareholder wealth, they also began to create a poverty of dignity in the world.

Now technology has advanced to the point w在这里 robots and artificial intelligence can do jobs quicker and more efficiently than people. 在过去的40年里, this second industrial revolution has not only reduced jobs in factories but has affected almost 每一个职业. And every day t在这里’s new speculation about how technology will be harnessed in the continued prioritization on shareholder return and profit and the dire consequences the American worker will face.

So, as we reflect on our responsibilities as leaders to those in our span of care this Labor Day, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜应该考虑些什么呢?

It starts with shifting our thinking from the highest priority of creating shareholder wealth to the organizational balance of People, 目的及表现. 不是一个比另一个. It’s not about the shareholder above the other stakeholders. At Barry-Wehmiller, we capture this in our vision statement we measure success by the way we touch the lives of people.

When people have meaningful work and an understanding of how they contribute to our shared purpose and, 因此, perform at a level that helps keeps the company stable, we foster a virtuous cycle that provides a stable living for our people while 成为所有利益相关者的好伙伴. When we foster caring environments w在这里 team members have opportunities to become their best selves, they are happier and healthier because they feel valued and understood by their leaders and teammates.

When they feel fulfilled by the time they’re spending away from their homes and families, 他们受到鼓舞,充满活力,而不是感到压力. 当他们和亲人在一起的时候, they share that joy and fulfillment instead of the stress and bitterness of feeling unappreciated and insignificant.

This is what I mean when I often say: Business can be the most powerful force for good if it only cared about the lives it touched.

正如上面引用的盖洛普所说, “一份好工作是一个人的基本身份, 他们的自我价值, 他们的尊严……, as you spend time with your families and friends this Labor Day, 花点时间反思一下你的 awesome responsibility to those individuals in your span of care.

Maybe we should keep in perspective how much we have to give to the people within our span of care, 而不是推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜能从他们身上得到多少.

 

在下面的视频中听到鲍勃·查普曼的更多内容, a recent interview for the Ashoka Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Network, 你可以阅读更多关于哪个的内容 在这里.


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